And so, 17 years after the last episode of Sex and the city and 11 years of the second installment of the film of the same name, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs Y Charlotte York they return to the small screen in And just like that… production of HBO Max, the new revival of this iconic serie from the late 90s that aims to play with our nostalgia, love for fashion and the experiences of these women in the Big Apple.
And it is just nostalgia what it produces when seeing the first two episodes. But first, how do we find these women after more than a decade of not seeing them? Carrie happily married to her Mr. Big and trying to catch up with media trends by being part of a podcast, Charlotte in her dream life with her two daughters and husband and Miranda dealing with her teenage son’s sexuality and pursuing a master’s degree in human rights.
Y Samantha? During the first two minutes where our protagonists hit the most controversial issue of the Serie: the departure of Kim Catrall. To say of Carrie, “When the publishing world collapsed, he had to fire her as his manager, so a hurt and proud Samantha leaves everything to move to London and completely forget her friends.”
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Right away they also grapple with another issue that has been plaguing the series actresses: that a woman can grow gray and be over 50 years old. This theme will be recurring during the 10 episodes.
In that trend it continues for the first episode titled Hello, it’s me where it seems that this new installment apologizes over and over for past mistakes, well let’s not forget that Sex and the city It has been harshly criticized for its lack of diversity and rated as one of the whitest shows. We will see our protagonists (being educated) dealing with how to say the pronouns well and with how a white woman can be an ally against racism in a correct way, not as they did.
Carrie, now in his fifties tries to get involved in new forms of communication and is part of a podcast where she has to speak graphically about sex, a situation that, believe it or not, torments her … her! and we see her a bit modest … Carrie!
And we come to the biggest twist in history, which confirms the nostalgic tone that we had already felt from the first second and that will be the engine of all these 10 episodes: Mr. Big go dead.
This twist can leave us in tears, but already processing the facts, it was necessary. Carrie stopped being her when she was with him and it was palpable (in addition to the history of their toxic relationship, which we cannot forget). Just look at the apartment they shared, it was completely him. It is as if she has been immersed in a life that was not her own and by not having him in her life, she will start over or put the Carrie we knew and love to play.
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Yes, we all cry and we will continue to hurt by the death of the worst boyfriend in the history of the TV, but this will be the catalyst they need to show us how one lives Single woman, in this case a widow, at fifty in the Big Apple.
It must be made clear that And just like that… it’s another show, It is not Sex and the city and it feels. It has another tone, another narrative full of absences, nostalgia, mourning and how you have to learn to evolve.
In HBO Max You can already see the first two episodes and every Thursday they will have a premiere episode.
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